Watching Notes 41: How to get the character to gain empathy from the audience

Antonette 2022-03-20 09:01:58

As a person who lacks a sense of substitution, watching most dramas is an outsider, or watching a Sims villain mentality, and this mentality becomes more and more stubborn with age. But this drama really captured my heart, I am really worried about the male lead, and his father, and even the male lead's prospective girlfriend, I hope she can get the male lead's love, I heard only one appearance The patient's little girl committed suicide, and my heart moved.

What in the end touched me? Maybe a certain factor, maybe a combination of several factors.

1 Be kind. It's not the Mary Sue's kind of verbal goodness who actually does some scumbag, or the Virgin who bitches people, but sincere kindness. Even if the character didn't do anything, he just had a real thought of thinking about others. I am indeed easily moved by characters who are really kind and thoughtful, those small acts of kindness.

2 Sincere eyes. The director is very good at casting.

3 Similar to me (character/encounter). I have always hated watching family dramas, but the male lead directly grabbed my heart. Because I also consider myself the second unloved child in the family.

4 Misfortune (cause my sympathy). Sincere misfortune, not a car accident amnesia leukemia kind of "I'm too lazy to make up but you just cry."

5 Demonstrates weaknesses/contradictions shared by human nature.

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Ordinary People quotes

  • Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [Berger is pretending to be Buck, Con's older brother] Bucky, I didn't mean it! Bucky, I didn't mean it!

    Dr. Berger: What?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I said put the sail down, but you said keep it starboard, and then we go over! And you say "Hang on, Hang on!", but then you let go! Why'd you let go?

    Dr. Berger: Because I was tired!

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh yeah? Well, screw you, you jerk!

    Dr. Berger: [Back in reality] It hurts to be mad at him, doesn't it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: God, I loved him. It's not fair. You just do one wrong thing, and...

    Dr. Berger: And what was the one wrong thing you did? You know. You know.

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I hung on. I stayed with the boat.

    Dr. Berger: Exactly.

  • Jeannine: [In a McDonalds restaurant booth Conrad sits with Jeannine, the suicide attempt scars on Conrad's wrist are displayed] Did it hurt?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I don't remember, really.

    Jeannine: You don't want to talk about it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I've never really talked about it. To doctors. But, not to anyone else. You're the first who's asked.

    Jeannine: Why did you do it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Uh... I don't know. It was like... falling into a hole. It keeps getting bigger and bigger and you can't escape. All of a sudden, it's inside... and you're the hole. You're trapped. And it's all over. Something like that. It's not really scary... except when you think back on it. 'Cause you know what you were feeling...